List of video game consoles
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This is a list of video game consoles by the era they occurred in. Eras are named based on the dominant console type of the era, though not all consoles of those eras are of the same type. Some eras are referred to based on how many bits a major console could process. The 128-bit era is the final era where this practice is viewed as appropriate.[citation needed] Also included in this list are handheld game consoles, which are usually of lower computational power than the set-top consoles of the same era. Consoles marketed and sold as general-purpose computers or that can play only a set of built-in games are not included.
[edit] The first home video games/pre-crash of 1983 (1958–1982): first and second generation
* Consoles of the early 1970s, such as Pong and Magnavox Odyssey, were often inaccurately called "analog" but actually used discrete logic.[citation needed]
[edit] 2nd 8-bit era/post-crash of 1983 era (1983–1989): third generation
name | release date | manufacturer | type |
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Game Boy | 1989 | Nintendo | Handheld |
Game Boy Pocket | 1996 | Nintendo | Handheld |
Game Boy Light (Japan Only) | 1997 | Nintendo | Handheld |
Sega Game Gear | 1991 | Sega | Handheld |
PV-1000 | 1983 | Casio | console |
Super Cassette Vision | 1984 | Epoch | console |
Supergame VG 3000 | 1985 | CCE | console [1] |
Commodore 64GS | 1990 | Commodore | console |
TurboGrafx-16 | 1989 | NEC | console |
PC Engine | 1987 | NEC | console |
Atari 7800 | 1986 | Atari Corporation | console |
Sega SG-1000 | 1983 | Sega | console |
Sega SG-1000 II | 1984 | Sega | console |
Sega Master System, Sega Mark III | 1985 | Sega | console |
Sega Master System II | 1992 | Sega | console |
Sega Master System III | Sega | console | |
PlayPal | 2006 | Coleco | Handheld |
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom | 1983 | Nintendo | console |
C1 NES TV / Sharp Nintendo Television | 1983, Japan | Sharp / Nintendo | console |
NES-101 / AV Famicom | 1993 | Nintendo | console |
Famicom Disk System (Japan Only) | 1986 | Nintendo | console add-on |
Action Max | 1987 | Worlds of Wonder | console |
Amstrad GX4000 | 1990 | Amstrad | console |
[edit] 16-bit era (1989–1993): fourth generation
[edit] 32/64-bit era (1993–1998): fifth generation
[edit] 32-bit era
name | release date | manufacturer | type |
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Virtual Boy | 1995 | Nintendo | console |
Apple Pippin | 1995 | Bandai | console |
PC-FX | 1994 | NEC | console |
Atari Jaguar | 1993 | Atari Corporation | console |
Atari Jaguar CD | 1995 | Atari Corporation | console |
Atari Jaguar II | canceled | Atari Corporation | console |
PlayStation | 1994 | Sony | console |
PocketStation | 1999 | Sony | Handheld |
Net Yaroze | 1997 | Sony | console development kit |
PSone | 2000 | Sony | console |
Sega Saturn | 1994 | Sega | console |
3DO | 1993 | Panasonic / Sanyo / GoldStar | console |
Amiga CD32 | 1993 | Commodore | console |
Casio Loopy | 1995 | Casio | console |
R-Zone | 1995 | Tiger Electronics | Handheld |
FM Towns Marty | 1991 | Fujitsu | console |
Game.com | 1997 | Tiger Electronics | Handheld |
Pioneer LaserActive | 1993 | Pioneer | console |
Playdia | 1994 | Bandai | console |
Neo Geo Pocket | 1998 | SNK | Handheld |
Game Boy Color | 1998 | Nintendo | Handheld |
[edit] 64-bit era
name | release date | manufacturer | type |
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Nintendo 64 | 1996 | Nintendo | console |
Nintendo 64DD | 1999 | Nintendo | console add-on |
[edit] 128-bit era (1998–2004): sixth generation
[edit] Seventh generation (2004–present)
name | release date | manufacturer | type |
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Atari Flashback 2 | 2005 | Atari Inc. | console |
Evo: Phase One | 2006 | console | |
FC Twin | 2006 | Yobo | console |
Game Wave | 2005 | ZAPiT | console |
Generation NEX | 2005 | console | |
Gizmondo | 2005 | Tiger Telematics | Handheld |
GP2X | 2005 | GamePark | Handheld |
GP2X Wiz | 2009 | GamePark | Handheld |
Mattel HyperScan | 2006 | Mattel | console |
N-Gage (service) | 2008 | Nokia | Handheld |
Mi2 | 2009 | Planet interactive | Handheld |
Nintendo DS | 2004 | Nintendo | Handheld |
Nintendo DS Lite | 2006 | Nintendo | Handheld |
Nintendo DSi | 2009 | Nintendo | Handheld |
Pandora | 2009 | Handheld / UMPC / PDA | |
The Phantom | Phantom | console | |
PlayStation 3 | 2006 | Sony | console |
PlayStation 3 Slim | 2009 | Sony | console |
PlayStation Portable | 2004 | Sony | Handheld |
PlayStation Portable Slim | 2007 | Sony | Handheld |
PlayStation Portable "Brite" | 2008 | Sony | Handheld |
PSP Go | 2009 | Sony | Handheld |
Wii | 2006 | Nintendo | console |
OnLive | Gaming on demand | ||
Xbox 360 | 2005 | Microsoft | console |
Zeebo | 2009 | Tectoy / Qualcomm | console |
GameSystem | 2010 | CUBE Design | console |